Vector Biology Group 

CN
​Zi Ye

Education

2015-2021 Vanderbilt University, Biological Sciences, PhD

2013-2015 Auburn University, Entomology, MS

2009-2013 China Agricultural University, Plant Protection, BS

 

Work Experience

2023-prenset Guizhou Normal University, Lecturer

2023-present Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Assistant Researcher

2021-2022 Crown Bioscience, Scientist

Publications (*co-first author)

• Ye, Z.*, Liu, F.*, Sun, H., Ferguson, S.T., Baker, A., Ochieng, S.A., and Zwiebel, L.J. (2022). Discrete roles of Ir76b ionotropic coreceptor impact olfaction, blood feeding, and mating in the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles coluzzii. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 119, e2112385119.

• Ye, Z.*, Liu, F.*, Ferguson, S.T., Baker, A., Pitts, R.J., and Zwiebel, L.J. (2021). Ammonium transporter AcAmt mutagenesis uncovers reproductive and physiological defects without impacting olfactory responses to ammonia in the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles coluzzii. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 134, 103578.

• Ye, Z., Liu, F., and Liu, N. (2021). Three-dimensional structure of the antennal lobe in the southern house mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus. Insect Sci. 28, 93102.

• Ye, Z., Liu, F., Sun, H., Barker, M., Pitts, R.J., and Zwiebel, L.J. (2020). Heterogeneous expression of the ammonium transporter AgAmt in chemosensory appendages of the malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 120, 103360.

• Liu, F.*, Ye, Z.*, Baker, A., Sun, H., and Zwiebel, L.J. (2020). Gene editing reveals obligate and modulatory components of the CO2 receptor complex in the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles coluzzii. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 127, 103470.

• Ye, Z., Liu, F., and Liu, N. (2016). Olfactory responses of southern house mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus, to human odorants. Chem. Senses 41, 441447.